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2019–20 Vegas Golden Knights
Division 1st Pacific
Conference 3rd Western
2019–20 record 39–24–8
Home record 22–11–4
Road record 17–13–4
Goals for 227
Goals against 211
Team information
General manager Kelly McCrimmon
Coach Gerard Gallant (Oct. 2 – Jan. 15)
Peter DeBoer (Jan. 15 – present)
Captain Vacant
Alternate captains Deryk Engelland
Max Pacioretty
Reilly Smith
Mark Stone
Arena T-Mobile Arena
Minor league affiliate(s) Chicago Wolves (AHL)
Fort Wayne Komets (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals Max Pacioretty (32)
Assists Mark Stone (42)
Points Max Pacioretty (66)
Penalty minutes Ryan Reaves (47)
Plus/minus Chandler Stephenson (+19)
Wins Marc-André Fleury (27)
Goals against average Robin Lehner (1.67)

The 2019–20 Vegas Golden Knights season was the third season for the National Hockey League franchise that started playing in the 2017–18 season. They played their home games at T-Mobile Arena on the Las Vegas Strip in Paradise, Nevada. They made the playoffs for the third straight season after losing in the first round of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs to the San Jose Sharks the year prior.[1] On October 17, 2019, the NHL suspended Valentin Zykov for 20 regular season games for violating the terms of the NHL/NHLPA Performance Enhancing Substances Program.[2]

The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled.[5] The Golden Knights advanced to the playoffs and earned the top seed in the Western Conference during the Stanley Cup Qualifiers. In the First Round they defeated the Chicago Blackhawks in five games. The Golden Knights advanced to their second Conference Final in three years after defeating the Vancouver Canucks in seven games in the Second Round. The Golden Knights season came to an end in the fifth game of the Conference Finals as they fell to the Dallas Stars.

Regular season[]

The Golden Knights started their season with a 4–1 win against the San Jose Sharks on October 3. Cody Glass scored his first NHL goal in his debut game during the opener.[6]

Standings[]

Divisional standings[]

2019-20 NHL Western Conference standings

Pos. Team GP W L OL RW GF GA Pct.
1 Vegas Golden Knights 71 39 24 8 30 227 211 .606
2 Edmonton Oilers 71 37 25 9 31 225 217 .585
3 Vancouver Canucks 69 36 27 6 27 228 217 .565
4 Calgary Flames 70 36 27 7 25 210 215 .564
5 Arizona Coyotes 70 33 29 8 26 195 187 .529
6 Anaheim Ducks 71 29 33 9 20 187 226 .472
7 Los Angeles Kings 70 29 35 6 21 178 212 .457
8 San Jose Sharks 70 29 36 5 22 182 226 .450


Western Conference[]

2019-20 NHL Western Conference standings

Pos. Team GP W L OL RW GF GA Pct.
1 St.Louis Blues 71 42 19 10 33 225 193 .662
2 Colorado Avalanche 70 42 20 8 37 237 191 .657
3 Vegas Golden Knights 71 39 24 8 30 227 211 .606
4 Dallas Stars 69 37 24 8 26 180 177 .594
5 Edmonton Oilers 71 37 25 9 31 225 217 .585
6 Nashville Predators 69 35 26 8 28 215 217 .565
7 Vancouver Canucks 69 36 27 6 27 228 217 .565
8 Calgary Flames 70 36 27 7 25 210 215 .564
9 Winnipeg Jets 71 37 28 6 30 216 203 .563
10 Minnesota Wild 69 35 27 7 30 220 220 .558
11 Arizona Coyotes 70 33 29 8 26 195 187 .529
12 Chicago Blackhawks 70 32 30 8 23 212 218 .514
13 Anaheim Ducks 71 29 33 9 20 187 226 .472
14 Los Angeles Kings 70 29 35 6 21 178 212 .457
15 San Jose Sharks 70 29 36 5 22 182 226 .450


Tiebreaking procedures
  1. Fewer number of games played (only used during regular season).
  2. Greater number of regulation wins (denoted by RW).
  3. Greater amount of wins in regulation and overtime (excluding shootout wins; denoted by ROW).
  4. Greater amount of total wins (including shootouts).
  5. Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded.
  6. Greater goal differential (difference between goals for and goals against).
  7. Greater amount of goals scored (denoted by GF).

Schedule and results[]

Preseason[]

The preseason schedule was published on June 18, 2019.[7]

Regular season[]

The regular season schedule was published on June 25, 2019.[8]

2019–20 game log

Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs[]

The Golden Knights played in a round-robin tournament to determine their seed for the playoffs. Vegas finished with a 3–0–0 record to clinch the first seed for the playoffs.[9][10]

In the first round, the Golden Knights defeated the Chicago Blackhawks in five games.[11]

In the second round, the Golden Knights faced the Vancouver Canucks,[12] and defeated them in seven games.[13]

The Golden Knights faced the Dallas Stars in the Conference Final,[14] but were defeated in five games.[15]

2020 Stanley Cup playoffs

Legend:       Win (2 points)       Loss (0 points)       Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics[]

As of September 4, 2020

Skaters[]

Regular season[16]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Pacioretty, MaxMax Pacioretty 71 32 34 66 18 44
Stone, MarkMark Stone 65 21 42 63 15 27
Smith, ReillyReilly Smith 71 27 27 54 17 20
Marchessault, JonathanJonathan Marchessault 66 22 25 47 6 28
Karlsson, WilliamWilliam Karlsson 63 15 31 46 11 16
Theodore, SheaShea Theodore 71 13 33 46 12 25
Stastny, PaulPaul Stastny 71 17 21 38 6 24
Schmidt, NateNate Schmidt 59 7 24 31 11 12
Stephenson, ChandlerChandler Stephenson

|| 41 || 8 || 14 || 22 || 19 || 10

Carrier, WilliamWilliam Carrier 71 7 12 19 0 39
Tuch, AlexAlex Tuch 42 8 9 17 −10 8
Reaves, RyanRyan Reaves 71 8 7 15 −5 47
Nosek, TomasTomas Nosek 67 8 7 15 −2 20
Holden, NickNick Holden 61 6 8 14 −1 13
Glass, CodyCody Glass 39 5 7 12 −7 6
Hague, NicolasNicolas Hague 38 1 10 11 0 32
Roy, NicolasNicolas Roy 28 5 5 10 3 8
Eakin, CodyCody Eakin

|| 41 || 4 || 6 || 10 || −9 || 16

McNabb, BraydenBrayden McNabb 71 2 7 9 1 40
Martinez, AlecAlec Martinez

|| 10 || 2 || 6 || 8 || 5 || 6

Merrill, JonJon Merrill 49 2 5 7 9 32
Engelland, DerykDeryk Engelland 49 1 5 6 6 37
Zykov, ValentinValentin Zykov 15 1 3 4 −2 6
Cousins, NickNick Cousins

|| 7 || 1 || 2 || 3 || −1 || 2

Pirri, BrandonBrandon Pirri 16 0 2 2 −4 8
Brown, PatrickPatrick Brown 1 1 0 1 0 0
Whitecloud, ZachZach Whitecloud 16 0 1 1 3 4
Quinney, GageGage Quinney 3 0 1 1 −1 0
Kolesar, KeeganKeegan Kolesar 1 0 0 0 0 0
Bischoff, JakeJake Bischoff 4 0 0 0 −2 4

Playoffs[17]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Theodore, SheaShea Theodore 15 6 10 16 6 6
Stone, MarkMark Stone 15 6 9 15 0 4
Smith, ReillyReilly Smith 15 4 9 13 3 8
Tuch, AlexAlex Tuch 15 8 2 10 3 4
Marchessault, JonathanJonathan Marchessault 15 3 6 9 2 14
Karlsson, WilliamWilliam Karlsson 15 3 5 8 2 0
Schmidt, NateNate Schmidt 15 2 6 8 1 4
Pacioretty, MaxMax Pacioretty 11 5 2 7 0 8
Martinez, AlecAlec Martinez 15 1 6 7 12 4
Roy, NicolasNicolas Roy 15 1 6 7 3 6
Stastny, PaulPaul Stastny 13 2 3 5 2 6
Cousins, NickNick Cousins 14 0 5 5 0 20
Reaves, RyanRyan Reaves 15 0 4 4 2 14
Carrier, WilliamWilliam Carrier 15 2 1 3 4 8
Whitecloud, ZachZach Whitecloud 15 2 1 3 2 2
Stephenson, ChandlerChandler Stephenson 15 2 1 3 1 4
Nosek, TomasTomas Nosek 5 1 1 2 0 2
McNabb, BraydenBrayden McNabb 15 0 2 2 −1 8
Brown, PatrickPatrick Brown 2 1 0 1 1 0
Holden, NickNick Holden 14 0 1 1 2 4
Merrill, JonJon Merrill 1 0 1 1 1 0

Goaltenders[]

Regular season[18]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Fleury, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Fleury 49 48 2,880:06 27 16 5 133 2.77 1,399 .905 5 0 0 8
Subban, MalcolmMalcolm Subban

|| 20 || 19 || 1,133:05 || 9 || 7 || 3 || 60 || 3.18 || 546 || .890 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0

Lehner, RobinRobin Lehner

|| 3 || 3 || 180:00 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 1.67 || 83 || .940 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0

Sparks, GarretGarret Sparks 1 0 27:24 0 0 0 2 4.38 14 .857 0 0 0 0
Dansk, OscarOscar Dansk 1 1 60:00 0 1 0 6 6.00 37 .838 0 0 0 0
Playoffs[19]
Player GP GS TOI W L GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Lehner, RobinRobin Lehner 12 12 723:19 8 4 24 1.99 293 .918 3 0 0 0
Fleury, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Fleury 3 3 180:00 3 0 8 2.67 75 .893 0 0 0 2

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Golden Knights. Stats reflect time with the Golden Knights only.
Denotes player was traded mid-season. Stats reflect time with the Golden Knights only.
Bold/italics denotes franchise record.

Roster[]

Vegas Golden Knights roster Updated July 25, 2020[20][21]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
38 Flag of the United States Brown, PatrickPatrick Brown

C R 32 2019 Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
28 Flag of Canada Carrier, WilliamWilliam Carrier

LW L 30 2017 LaSalle, Quebec
52 Flag of Canada Coghlan, DylanDylan Coghlan

D L 26 2017 Nanaimo, British Columbia
21 Flag of Canada Cousins, NickNick Cousins

C L 31 2020 Belleville, Ontario
35 Flag of Sweden Dansk, OscarOscar Dansk

G L 31 2017 Stockholm, Sweden
37 Flag of Canada Duke, ReidReid Duke

C R 29 2017 Calgary, Alberta
5 Flag of Canada Engelland, DerykDeryk Engelland

 (A)

D R 42 2017 Edmonton, Alberta
29 Flag of Canada Fleury, Marc-AndreMarc-Andre Fleury

G L 40 2017 Sorel-Tracy, Quebec
14 Flag of Canada Hague, NicolasNicolas Hague

D L 26 2017 Kitchener, Ontario
22 Flag of Canada Holden, NickNick Holden

D L 37 2018 St. Albert, Alberta
71 Flag of Sweden Karlsson, WilliamWilliam Karlsson

C L 31 2017 Märsta, Sweden
55 Flag of Canada Kolesar, KeeganKeegan Kolesar

RW R 27 2017 Brandon, Manitoba
18 Flag of Canada Krebs, PeytonPeyton Krebs

C L 24 2019 Calgary, Alberta
90 Flag of Sweden Lehner, RobinRobin Lehner

G L 33 2020 Göteborg, Sweden
81 Flag of Canada Marchessault, JonathanJonathan Marchessault

C R 34 2017 Cap-Rouge, Quebec
23 Flag of the United States Martinez, AlecAlec Martinez

D L 37 2020 Rochester Hills, Michigan
3 Flag of Canada McNabb, BraydenBrayden McNabb

D L 34 2017 Davidson, Saskatchewan
15 Flag of the United States Merrill, JonJon Merrill

D L 33 2017 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
92 Flag of the Czech Republic Nosek, TomasTomas Nosek

C L 32 2017 Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
67 Flag of the United States Pacioretty, MaxMax Pacioretty

 (A)

LW L 36 2018 New Canaan, Connecticut
72 Flag of the United States Quinney, GageGage Quinney

LW/C L 29 2018 Las Vegas, Nevada
75 Flag of Canada Reaves, RyanRyan Reaves

RW R 38 2018 Winnipeg, Manitoba
10 Flag of Canada Roy, NicolasNicolas Roy

RW R 28 2019 Amos, Quebec
88 Flag of the United States Schmidt, NateNate Schmidt

D L 33 2017 St. Cloud, Minnesota
19 Flag of Canada Smith, ReillyReilly Smith

 (A)

RW L 33 2017 Etobicoke, Ontario
26 Flag of the United States Stastny, PaulPaul Stastny

C L 39 2018 Quebec City, Quebec
20 Flag of Canada Stephenson, ChandlerChandler Stephenson

C L 30 2019 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
61 Flag of Canada Stone, MarkMark Stone

 (A)

RW R 32 2019 Winnipeg, Manitoba
27 Flag of Canada Theodore, SheaShea Theodore

D L 29 2017 Langley, British Columbia
89 Flag of the United States Tuch, AlexAlex Tuch

RW R 28 2017 Syracuse, New York
2 Flag of Canada Whitecloud, ZachZach Whitecloud

D R 28 2018 Brandon, Manitoba

References[]

  1. Goodrow's OT goal caps Sharks 5-4 Game 7 win vs. Vegas (April 23, 2019). Retrieved on April 24, 2019. “Jones, who was pulled for ineffectiveness in two of the first five games, made 34 saves to close out the series and give the Sharks their first comeback from 3-1 down in a series in seven tries.”
  2. Zykov of Golden Knights suspended 20 games (October 17, 2019). Retrieved on October 18, 2019.
  3. NHL statement on coronavirus (March 12, 2020). Retrieved on March 12, 2020.
  4. Coronavirus live updates: NHL suspends season; MLB to halt spring training; NCAA conference tourneys canceled (March 12, 2020). Retrieved on March 12, 2020.
  5. NHL plans to return with 24 teams competing for Stanley Cup (May 26, 2020). Retrieved on May 27, 2020.
  6. Blackburn, Pete. "NHL Opening Night: Capitals spoil Blues' banner ceremony, Auston Matthews dominates, and other takeaways", CBS Sports, October 3, 2019. Retrieved on October 3, 2019. 
  7. VGK Announce 2019 Rookie & Training Camp, Preseason Games (June 18, 2019). Retrieved on August 31, 2019.
  8. NHL Announces Golden Knights 2019-20 Regular Season Schedule (June 25, 2019). Retrieved on August 31, 2019.
  9. Stanley Cup Qualifiers schedule. NHL.com (July 10, 2020). Retrieved on July 15, 2020.
  10. Golden Knights defeat Avalanche in OT in round-robin, win West top seed (August 8, 2020). Retrieved on August 8, 2020.
  11. Golden Knights top Blackhawks in Game 5, win Western First Round series (August 18, 2020). Retrieved on August 19, 2020.
  12. Stanley Cup Playoffs second-round schedule (August 22, 2020). Retrieved on August 22, 2020.
  13. Golden Knights shut out Canucks in Game 7, advance to West Final (September 4, 2020). Retrieved on September 4, 2020.
  14. Stanley Cup Playoffs conference finals schedule (September 6, 2020). Retrieved on September 6, 2020.
  15. Stars defeat Golden Knights in OT in Game 5, reach Stanley Cup Final (September 14, 2020). Retrieved on September 14, 2020.
  16. 2019–20 Regular season – Vegas Golden Knights Stats – Skaters. Retrieved on March 7, 2020.
  17. 2019–20 Playoffs – Vegas Golden Knights Stats – Skaters. Retrieved on September 5, 2020.
  18. 2019–20 Regular season – Vegas Golden Knights Stats – Goalies. Retrieved on March 7, 2020.
  19. 2019–20 Playoffs – Vegas Golden Knights Stats – Goalies. Retrieved on September 5, 2020.
  20. Vegas Golden Knights Roster. National Hockey League. Retrieved on July 12, 2020.
  21. Vegas Golden Knights Hockey Transactions. The Sports Network. Retrieved on October 3, 2017.


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